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Analysis of Medlclncs Open to All."There is no public demand andthere 13 not the slightest public nec-essity for a law compelling iho publi-cation of the formula of proprietarymedicines," rays the Committee oulegislation of the Proprietary Associatton. "Every Health Commissionerand every l'uro Food Commissionerin the country, as well as every prl-vato physician or chemist, if hepleases, lias the riuht to malu- ananalysis of any proprietary lnedieinnand to publish the result and to teathe public what lie thinks, and thereis nothing in the world to preventsuch action. Hut that is not what theagitators for such legislation want.Their object is to destroy 'J:e sale ofsuch remedies entirely."' *7wr■ , - %'ifPruning.■sometimes to findv erase orohnrdiBtConcrete t'es for railroadshave been tried on the Lakeline have proven a failure.whichSh< ntTSE this i-wntnrsn> >1 Cros- llall Him Liiiv s-nz. pai'lawf BVTu1.1 Tlii' litiss tCompany. tli t.'-iul, lua.The government hmaking of 2<t0.00i> tiresdelpbia for the army.s ordered thecoals at Phila-Tiied, Nezvous MothersMaKe Unhappy Homes—Their Condition IrritatesBoth Husband and Children-How Thousandsof Mothers Have Been Saved From NervousProstration and Made Strong' and Weil.See hi;and writ<A BASE SLANDER REFUTEDSoutherners "Fill 'Em Up" BecauseTheir Gla&ses Are Small"You all up north here have anidea that we till down south 'IrinU awhole lot or whisky, but we don't,' 'r marked a lieorgiim in a Hroutlweycafe the other day. "I'll admit thatwhen I'm in Now York 1 drink niorothan 1 do in Atlanta, but that's because of the hizc of the glasses the.-give you to drink from. With us theglasses are about half the size of theones you get here, and we pour themnearly full From force of habit 1fill a Now York glasstake a drink; consti-1 drink twice as muchI am si: iv lifo tliMa j-!i.nduee815.pretty nearlyevery time 1qumilly hevodo at hoiue." Ne.v York Sun.Test Its Value.Simmons' Liver i'urllier Is themost valuable remedy I ever tried forconstipation aud disordered Liver. Itdoes its work thoroughly, but doesnot gripe like most remedies of itscharacter. I certainly recommend itwhenever the opportunity occurs.\V. M. Tomllnson,Oswego, Kas.MAKING RUBIES FOR A DIMEPerfect Gems Turned Out by TwoSeattle ScientistsIn a little dark basement at the cor- .nor of Fifth avenue and Jacksonstrei t, two l"'reiioh eliemi. 's. with theassistance < f l)r. Horace Ilyers, pro-t'< ssor of chemistry at Hie :• ate unlvorslty. air tiirnine; out rubies whichare pronounced as good as are Ue-veloped in liainre's laboratory, andat a pric.e averaging ten cents e ach.The experiments have been conducted for several week and everyeffort has been made to keep thematter secret.Some of the gems turned out lanbeen examined at the university, anddeclared to lie genuine.Tho place or manufacture is fittedup with modern appliances for cliemleal analysis.Until a week tVRO the chemistswi re able to prodme a getri perfectin every respect, except that it lackedthe color of the genuine. It was atHiis point that lir. Myers was calledIn.Ilo took the stone to the universityIn ho rat ry and there modi' an analysisand discovered the defect. The information was given to the French-men and a perfect stone was the resuit. Seattle Times.The coffee crop of Brac.il this yearwill be 1,201),000 Iiih.s of 13". pound -each.COFFEE NEURALGIA.Leaves When Yru Quit and Use Pos-tom.A lady who unconsciously (1 riftedinto nervous prostration brought on bycoffee, says:"I have been n coffee drinker allmy life, and used It regularly, threstimes a day."A year or two ago 1 became sub-ject to nervous neuralgia, attacks ofnervous headacho and general ner-vous prostration which rot only In-capacitated me for doing rc.y house-work, but frequently mad< it neces-sary for me to remain in a dark roomfor two or three da>> at a time."i employed several g >d doctors,one after the other, but none of themwas able to give me permanent relief."Kigiit months jim s ff cod bujiRested tfcat perhaps coffee was thecause of mj troubles and that 1 tryPostum Food Coffee and give up theold kind. 1 am glad I took her advice, ifor my health has been entirely re-stored. I hr.ve no n ore neuralgia, norhave 1 had ore solitary headache inall these tight months No more ofmy days aic willed In solitary con-finement in a dark mom. I do all myown work tviih ease. 1 he flesh thatI lost durlrg the years of my nervousprostration has come back to moduring these months, and I am oncemore a happ . healthy woman l en-close a list of names of friends whocan vouch for the truth of the state-ment." Name given by Postum * o.(Untile Creek. Mich.There's a reason.Ten days' trlat leaving off eoffeoand uslr.s Postum Is sufficient Allgrocers.Effectsli is astonishiii'.ow little thothinks til ilo act mil problems at Issuewith pruning of his trees. An import-ant' effect of pruning is lo increase\ igor. Pruning is ah o practiced topro.luco larger and better fruits and(lowt r.s; to keep tho plant within man-ageable limits; to remove superfluousur injurious parts; to facilitate spray-in• . tillage and harvesting; to trainthe plant to some desired form.i no of the noticeable effects of■ ere pruning and tho consequent'i iuri,"ii equilibrium of tho plantis the formation of water sprouts. Thenppt c.rai'oe of the water sprouts seemsin he influenced more by the vigor of'he plant anil the amount tpruningthan by the season of the ye&r inwhich Iho pruning is done. It is proli-• hie, however, that fewer waterprouts will arise if pruning is doneifter midsummer, since at that timetho growth of the season is completed.In any ease wale.- sprouts may be re- !aide I its weeds in the tree top anil :hould he treated as such. The tend- j w,:>••>• of plan i; :o \'xo\ from the)i]i- ,per most buds. By pruning In one way. his tendency is augmented, in anotherit. is checked.As a rule, in dealing with fruit trees,the latter end Is desired, since theprinciple that checking growth inducesfruit fullness is universally recog-nised. The heading in of young•nowlhs tends to d< relop lateral and■ ' mant. buds or to thicken the top.^ii that the question of heading re-olves i' elf into a question of per- jsonal ideals; to secure a thick topped | Exa-tntree it i« necesstiiy. it iias, However,the further very marked advantage ofInducing the development of fruit budsnear the borjy of the tree rather thaniar out on the irabs. Tills in aseof plums and tender wooded , anisis an Important consideratloii.- Prof' \V. M. Munson."Acetyic.'.c Jones."ndveitiseiu- nt in tills papeihim to-day for free bookletDiamond drills have liontin earth in India 2,000 feetject is to strike coal.hole:Theinob-Urn. Wlimlon'H Root hi rig Syrup.K"i • !i!idr" li t«•«-1 !i 1 •«>-, <if i '. 111• ;. . 11•' , nvlun'* JiVtliimiuHtloii. allajb pulii t uft s ; 1:f1 col!' . J" cahottlo.The government of India proposesI lo expend 150 million dollars in Irrigation during the neat twenty years.An observatorv In Peru has made aperfeci photograph of Fro;', the nearest heavenly body to the sun.■ ]Msi. se.irc fur Consumption -:iv dseyour* M*s.Thos. Bobbiks,rt, Noi'v. i !i. X. v., Feb. IT. tOW.year the valuein this countryof copper pro-was S10ri,t!29,-a

Jl/lrs Chas. r.'-BrownJWrs. Chester Curry\ littleOil an:oil pouiOil.:d upontroubled: many a wear?Ill viner to n f.u h:u;>- :' o; sale >A li:'le Iluir s 1 iglrning Oil pouredupon your Burns. Bruises. SprainsCuts, Pains and Aches will enabhyou to reach that harbor of peace ande'omfort where cont :ita.ei:t is a ceitainty and happiness a possibility.The largest smelter ever buiP Is !obe erected in' California, and is tohav a capacity of 1,0u0 tons a day.Important to P/lotli3rj." ,-:Ttfnily avery tiottle of C'ASTOHTA,nd iA nervous, irritable mother, often onthe verge of hysterics, is unfit to carefor children ; it ruins a child'.* disposi-tion and reacts upon herself. Thetrouble between children and theirmothers too often is due lo the factthat the mother has snmc female weak-ness, and she is entirel y unfit to bearMrs. Chester Curry. Leader of theLadies1 Symphony Orchestra, 4" Sara*toga Street,Kast Boston, Ma*-s., writes;Dear Mrs. Pinkham:—j "For eight year- I was troubled witliex-tivnie nrr\ ■ in si!«- is and h ' i'i'1, brought, mi byinv ilia"1 ii's. 1 iciiM neiilipr cnioy lifo nor:.!eep nights; 1 was very irritable, norvou*and despondent.the strain upon her nerves that govern-; (tLydin li. Pinkham s Vegetable Compoundine children involves: it is iinpos. tble wan reeomm- uded and proved to bo the onlyfor her to do anvthing' calmly. ' rt iii. .Iy that h<-l|rl inc. I have dailyUlsof u «4brd S ^upon the nerves, conseciucntl\ nim-j^tenths of the nervous prostration, ner-vous despondency, "the blues, ^ sleep-lessness, and nervous irritability ofwomen arise from some derangementof the female organism.51 rs. Charles 1' Brown. Vice-Presi-dent of the Mother-.' Club, 'Jl CedarTerrace, Hot Springs, Ark., writes:Dear Mrs. Pinkham:I driiggrdtln■iiugli ni".n yearsof miserableDo von experience fits of depression I existence, worn -ut with pain and nervous-' 1 ■ -- "*1- 1 aess, until it seemed as though I should ny.n:nlr.-nieily for iiifaUs aud cliiltlr'J?! ia "Use For Over IIO Yin -eTUo Kind You lfi.vu Always Uou^ki.The Pei"ivian government lias or Pfloreil a twinty four knot battleshto be built as soon as possible.The Oriunl smohi3ans."itals are■ tobaccolearning to chewlike the Ameri-Protecting Trees for Winter.The best way to keep the rabbitsand mice from eating the bark of thetrees in winter is to put somethingaround the trees that will keep thorodents away. I attended a conven-tion of horticulturists awhile ago andheard the matter din us?eel. tine apple ; y07c. Hot, Callous. Aching, Sweating Fecigrower showed a shield of laths and ! and Ingrowing Nails. At all Urie gists^and, . , ...., [ Shoo stores, 35 cents. Accopt no attDsurave.win that was used in his orcliaul. , s.in,|llc, ni;liU-et FltlilC. Address, AUon S.Ordinary laths w ere used and common j (Jlu:-<teil, l.cKoy. Y.wire, which should be copper if it is \ oi,u.n timeTTho"' doetoi-s bleddesired lo have the shields last for ; ,o;. f,ve,.yni!„.g.''some years. The copper wire will | Uk,v (1() u now? ,not rust like most of tho common wirewith " restlessness, alternating withextreme irritability? Are your sp.ritseasily affected, so that one minute youlaugii, and flic next minute you feellike crying ?Bo you feel something like a ball ris-ing' in vour throat and threatening t■'du ke you; all the sense; perverted,morbidly sensitive to light and sound :the ovaries, and especiallybet ween t'ne shoulders; bearing downpains; nervous dyspepsia, and almostcontinually cross and snappy?If so. your nerves are in a shatteredcondition, and you are threatened <v itiinervous prostration.Proof is monumental that nothing innervous prostra-Ask Vour Dealor for Allen's Foot-Ease.A powder. It rests the feot. Cures Swollen,the world is better ftion than Lydia I'..I then noticed a M;ii< ment of a woman troa-bled us I was, and the wiiiiderful results sim,1 i i\. ti fr. in Lydia K Piiikham's yegetableCompound, Idecided to try it. Ididso andat tli ■ end of three mui.ths t wits a differentwoman. My nervi usne s w as all gone. I « asno longer irritable, ai"f my husband fell inlove with me all over again."Women should remember that LvdiaF. Piiikham's Vegetable Compound isthe medicine that holds the record forthe greatest number of actual cures offemale ills, and take no substitute.Free Advice to Women.Mrs. l'inliliam, Lynn, Mass., invitesa 11 sick women to write to her for ad vice.Mrs. Pinkhuiu's vast experience withfemale troubles enables her to tellI'inkham s Vege- ; you justwhat is best for you, andtable Compound; thousands and thou- ( she will charge you nothing for herBands of women testify to tins fact i advice.Understands a Woman's S!!s.Ask Rrs. Pinkhara's Advice 4 Woman Best"t!oe! Don't theyhad one to perform an operation oni me not long ago. and he bled nie forI almost everything I had, including a1 ;aviugs account."—Ilallas News.Any out will understand how to holdIho laths together with tho wire.Fasten the wire to the top of a lathand then pass it o.er the outside ofone lath and over the inside of thenext lath, then oukh'e again and soon. The laths should be so near to jgcther that oven a mouse cannot ge: ithrough. The closeness of the laths |will also prevent the sun shining 011 jthe bark of 'he young trees and thus jcausing what is known as i-unscaid. It 1will require only a very few laths foi jeach tree. They ;hould be put around jmo trees while the ground is unfrozen,no that the ends can be shoved down 1into the soil. Otherwise the nilee may i , , . .work under them. Some men protect ! •«-. and 1 had to keep cloilis on Itiheir trees am.lnst. sunseald by tying | day and night There was ...it a elea.cornstalks about the trunks, but this j spot on her ,aee when I bos-i. uslnj,em outages .he mice to make a l.oui. j Cntlenra Soap and O ntmc.it and nowunder Ike protection of the cornstalks. I it is completely healed, without scarI do not think it pays to protect trees j or blemish, which Js more than I hailin that way, unless the tree owner IsBABY'S AWFUL ECZEMA.Face Like Raw Besf—Thought SheWould Lone Her Ear—HealedWithout a Blemish—Moth-er Thanka Cuticura."My little girl had eczema very badwhen she was ten months old. I jthought sl'.o would h" "■ her right car. iIt had turned black, ur. l her face waslike a piece of raw meat, and verysore. It would bleed when I washed•figjeertaiu thai ihere are no Held n.lc inthe vicinity; and it is impossible i'oimost fruit growers lo know tluit.-Ji ssie Wins hip Clark Co.. Iow a.State Interest •• Forestry.There is no doubt that our sUUs■an well afford to tal e a greater interest iu forestry. J. II. llissell ofMichigan, a student of forestry con-ditions. urges that land laws be sochanged that the state can acquireall pine stump lands, and that no for-estry lands shall be .sold except toactual settlers, lie says that thereare \nst stretches of land 111 Michiganthat the state should rt - laiin and re-plant. These lands were previouslycovered with fore.-'s, were rut over,and were afterwards burned over.Without a systematic planting by: uui. this hind will be ages in r, clothIhg Itself with a tree growth. Tho..liter heard tin etllelal In Wisconsinay that it w.i a practice there amongIhe lumbermen o ent over a piece olland and afterwards refuse to paytaxes upon it. There were no buyersfor the land when tho tux sales tookplace, and so the land would revert lohe state, where it would remain untila new growth of sufficient size to hevaluable commercially appeared on it.Then they would buy it back fromhe stale at a 1 ■ -s price than iho taxeswould have been. There seems to beno reason why the slates should homade a parly to this kind of a game.The development of the dairy cowis engaging the best thought of ourdalrvtneti.hoped for.291 ICekfii Signed! Mrs RoSt.. Brooklyn, N.Kther,The Biggest WarshipThe building of tin new Britis i jbattleship liteailnaughi which is t"be tilt' most powerful warship ntloat.iOetoebr 2 at Ply - jto lie ready for sea jwill be begun onmouth, and she isengines.<toi srtB.It U.oM „,..lt-r nn MIMH.I TI « I AliANTFK. nnd If y«,u .,ro....t50 CETJTS PER BOTTLE.You will will find a large number of Imltatlop wliieli the nianufuc^t, ,'rs cittim ore tiie tiure a« "XIDINF- V> c caution you ngninsis icli stnfell!ellis, there 1 only one UMHIM- and we are the solenniniifiiet.irtirs. These •-iiitatt.is, are merely trying to e.l their cheapImitations ob the strength of Osldiue's record.$|«C0 EN CiOIS?\VOC08I OI ANAI ISJSwIllbe |>«ld to ant) persontrace e\ \i nit, Str>chnlne, >'.orptinieOX! 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